Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | | Thomas Chilton (1798-1854) — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born near Lancaster,GarrardCounty, Ky.,July 30,1798.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1820;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1827-31, 1833-35 (11th District1827-31, 6th District 1833-35).According to family legend, he helped Davy Crockett write hisautobiography.Slaveowner. Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Tex.,August15, 1854 (age56 years, 16days).Interment atMontgomeryOld Cemetery, Montgomery, Tex. | | William Parish Chilton (1810-1871) — also known asWilliam P. Chilton — of Alabama. Born near Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,August10, 1810.Member of Alabama state legislature, 1839; candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1843;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1852-56; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1859;Delegatefrom Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress 6th District, 1862-65.Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,January20, 1871 (age60 years, 163days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala. | | Franklin Welsh Bowdon (1817-1857) — also known asFranklin W. Bowdon — of Talladega,TalladegaCounty, Ala.; Henderson,RuskCounty, Tex.Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,February17, 1817.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1844-45;U.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1846-51; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Texas,1856.Died in Henderson,RuskCounty, Tex.,June 8,1857 (age40 years, 111days).Interment atOldHenderson City Cemetery, Henderson, Tex. | | Joshua Chilton (1818-1862) — ofShannonCounty, Mo.Born inWayneCounty, Tenn.,September28, 1818.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Shannon County, 1846-55;member ofMissouristate senate 24th District, 1860-61.Member,Freemasons.Arrestedby Union troops as an allegedSouthernsympathizer, and while aprisoner,wasshot andkilled,near Rolla,PhelpsCounty, Mo.,August28, 1862 (age43 years, 334days).Burial location unknown.  | John Tyler Morgan (1824-1907) — also known asJohn T. Morgan — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born in Athens,McMinnCounty, Tenn.,June 20,1824.Democrat.Lawyer;Presidential Elector for Alabama,1860;delegateto Alabama secession convention, 1861; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Alabama,1876,1900;Presidential Elector for Alabama,1876;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1877-1907; died in office 1907.SouthernMethodist. Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,June 11,1907 (age82 years, 356days).Interment atLiveOak Cemetery, Selma, Ala. | | Commodore Perry Chilton (1844-1906) — also known asPerry Chilton — ofShannonCounty, Mo.BornDecember6, 1844.Member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Shannon County, 1887-88,1893-94.DiedAugust17, 1906 (age61 years, 254days).Interment atChilton Cemetery, Eminence, Mo. | | Shadrach Chilton (1847-1926) — of Van Buren,CarterCounty, Mo.Born inCarterCounty, Mo.,February8, 1847.Democrat.Farmer;CarterCounty Probate Judge, 1882; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Carter County, 1907-08,1911-12.Died inCarterCounty, Mo.,February23, 1926 (age79 years, 15days).Interment atReed Cemetery, Carter County, Mo. | | Horace George Chilton (1853-1932) — also known asHorace Chilton — of Tyler,SmithCounty, Tex.; Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born near Tyler,SmithCounty, Tex.,December29, 1853.Democrat.Printer;newspaperpublisher;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1888(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1896;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1891-92, 1895-1901.Accidentallyfell overa chair, broke his upper leg, never recovered from the injury, anddied three months later, fromheart andkidneydisease andsenility,in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,June 12,1932 (age78 years, 166days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Tyler, Tex. | | Arthur Bounds Chilton (1890-1934) — also known asArthur B. Chilton;"A.B.C." —of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.BornJuly 14,1890.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1931-34.Died, frompolycystickidney disease, in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,April21, 1934 (age43 years, 281days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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